precipice

Word family adjectiveprecipicednounprecipice

Related topics: Nature, Geology, Geography

pre·ci·pice /ˈpresɪpɪs/ noun [countableC]

1 DNa very steep side of a high rock, mountain, or cliff 悬崖，峭壁

A loose rock tumbled over the precipice.

一块松动的岩石从悬崖上滚落下来。

2 a dangerous situation in which something very bad could happen 危局，险境

The stock market is on the edge of a precipice.

股市岌岌可危。

Examples from the Corpus

precipice• Above me, a precipice of unbroken rock.• Resting his weight on his bended knee, he was staring motionless over a precipice towards the lake.• Ruth wanted to reach out and pull him back, as if he were moving towards a precipice.• The howlers were skirting the scary precipice of extinction.• I was privately grateful that it was too dark to make out the edge of the precipice.• A single unwise maneuver would have sent Robinson and his skiff plunging over the precipice.

Origin precipice

(1500-1600) French Latin praecipitium, from praeceps “headfirst”, from caput “head”

词汇	precipice
释义	precipice Word family adjectiveprecipicednounprecipice Related topics: Nature, Geology, Geography pre·ci·pice /ˈpresɪpɪs/ noun [countableC] 1 DNa very steep side of a high rock, mountain, or cliff 悬崖，峭壁 A loose rock tumbled over the precipice. 一块松动的岩石从悬崖上滚落下来。 2 a dangerous situation in which something very bad could happen 危局，险境 The stock market is on the edge of a precipice. 股市岌岌可危。 Examples from the Corpus precipice• Above me, a precipice of unbroken rock.• Resting his weight on his bended knee, he was staring motionless over a precipice towards the lake.• Ruth wanted to reach out and pull him back, as if he were moving towards a precipice.• The howlers were skirting the scary precipice of extinction.• I was privately grateful that it was too dark to make out the edge of the precipice.• A single unwise maneuver would have sent Robinson and his skiff plunging over the precipice. Origin precipice (1500-1600) French Latin praecipitium, from praeceps “headfirst”, from caput “head”
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